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Le panthéon, ou, Les figures de la fable : dessinées par M. Gois, sculpteur du roi, professeur de son Académie, & gravées par Simon : avec leurs historiques

Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803, Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François, 1738-1826, Duclos, Antoine Jean, 1742-1795, Patas, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1817, Malbeste, George, 1754-1843 · 1787 · [Paris : Simon] · 17 pictures

Le panthéon is a 1787 Paris suite of engraved plates of Roman gods and mythological figures, drawn by Gois and engraved by Simon, with historical notes by Maréchal and others for a French reading public. Each plate is an upright oval-free framed vignette with a title cartouche beneath, showing a single figure in a landscape or cloud setting; a designer might take the restrained neoclassical poses, draped classical robes, and tidy line-engraved shading as a model for classical motifs.

Gods, Roman · Mythology, Roman

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